Panoramic receiver for radio signals



g- 1950 R. HARDY 2,520,141

PANORAMIC RECEIVER FOR RADIO SIGNALS Filed May 24. 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 RECEIVER MOTOR SINUSOIDAL ROTATING 5 VOLTAGE CONDENSER 2 GENERATOR TIME BASE CIRCUIT 11 7 8 TIME BASE CIRCUIT 6 RECEIVER ,1 SYNC-HRONIEING CIRC IT ROTATING MOTOR CONDENSER 2 I- 7 I may 16 \EREGUVER GENERATOR. I4

SWITCHING F1613 DEVICE ROTATING CONDENSER SINUSOIDAL GENERATOR OR SYNCHRONIZING DEVICE {NVENTOR Ff/Vf H/IRD Y ATTORNEY Aug. 29, 1950 R. HARDY 2,520,141

PANORAMIC RECEIVER FOR RADIO SIGNALS Filed May 24, 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INII/ENTOR RENE HARDY Aug. 29, 1950 R. HARDY PANORAMIC RECEIVER FOR RADIO SIGNALS Filed May 24, 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 AMPLIFIER 11V VEN T01? RENE HARD) A TTORN'EY Aug. 29, 1950 R, HARDY 2,520,141

PANORAMIC RECEIVER FOR RADIO SIGNALS Filed May 24; 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 tRECElVER V as SAWTOOTH GENERATOR 82 87 84 sINusOIDAL 83 VOLTAGE GENERATOR (RECEIVER 1/1 sLOw SAWTOOTH GENERATOR 11g 7 115 Z 120 118 119 RAPID SAWTOOTH GENERATOR F1610 M RECEIVER I RADIAL DEFLECTION [16110.4

, OIRcuIT a1 sTEPwIsE SLOW MODULATOR SAWTOOTH L295 99 9 GENERATOR RAPID GENERATO tREcEIvER sINusOIDAL GENERATOR 81 OuARDRATuRE F1616 SLOW PHASE 10284.1? 85 SAWTOOTH SPLITTER 98 GENERATOR W RAPID sAwTooTI-I 97 I MODULATOR 4 gfis ERAToRfl 105 INVENTOR RENE f/fl/POY SINUSOIDAL GENERATOR BY A TTORNEY Aug. 9, 1950 R. HARDY 2,520,141

PANQRAMIC RECEIVER FOR RADIO SIGNALS Filed May 24, 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 TfREcElvER QUADRATURE STEPWISE PHASE M0 u T R SLOW v D LA 0 SPLITTER SAWTOOTH 6 .99 105 GENERATOR 102 84 RAPID SINUSOIDAL SAWTOOTH"\, 9a 94-- ENERAT0R GENERATOR FIGBB t RECEIVER CONTACTQR TWP- "m IN V EN TOR. REA/ Hfl/PD Y A TTORNEY Patented Aug. 29, 1950 UNITED STATES 'ATENT OFFICE Ren Hardy, Lyon, France, assignor to International Standard Electric Corporation, New

York, N. Y.

Application May 24, 1943, Serial No. 488,296 In France June 21, 1941 Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires June 21, 1961 3 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to indicating systerns for the observation of simultaneous phenomena over a wide frequency band, and particularly for the observation of the indications in receivers of radio transmissions that take place.

A As a rule, indicating systems of this kind comprise an indicating instrument that can be read almost instantaneously, such as a cathode ray oscillograph that has its scanning con-trolled in synchronism with the scanning by the receiver of a definite ire uency band. The scanning by the receiver is carried out continuously and automatically, and, every time that a transmission is in progress at a point of the variable reception band of the receiver, a corresponding luminous trace appears on the screen of the cathode ray tube. The separation; of the traces depends on the selectivity of the receiver and the size of the scale with respect to the total frequency band that is being scanned.

If it is desired to cover a. wide frequency band with the same receiver, then this band should be divided into several wave ranges. One of the objects of the invention is to provide means for correspondingly dividing the various reference scales on the screen of the cathode ray tube, so as to be able to determine the wave range in which an indication. from the transmitting station lies- The intervals between the simultaneous indications. from the transmittin stations, may thus be. widened and the reading of. the indications facilitated.

More specifically, one. object of the invention is the providing, inv systems of this kind for supervising transmissions in progress in, a certain. frequency band, of means for causing the simultaneous appearance on. the screen of an indicat.- ing instrument, e. g. a. cathode ray oscillograph, of a great number of reference lines, fairly close together, on which the luminous traces of the transmitting stations that are operating in. each of the corresponding frequency ranges will appear separated with greater definition.

The frequency scanning of the control receiver and, therefore, of the indicator, may be effected either mechanically or electronically. Mechanical scanning may beeffected by means of. a. rotating plate condenser that tunes the receiver. Electronic scanning may be controlled by 2. voltage of. sawtooth or other special shape applied to an oscillatory circuit of the receiver, e.v g. to the intermediate frequency oscillator of. the receiver if the latter is of the superheterodyne type.

According to certain of its features, the invention provides means for the automatic switching, either mechanically or electronically, of the frequency scanning devices of a control receiver, while simultaneously modifying, according to a suitable law, the scanning characteristics of the associated. indicating instrumentin order to cause the appearance on this indicator of several reference lines corresponding to the frequency ranges over which the frequency scanning de-' vices of the receiver are switched. This switch ing must be sufiiciently rapid so that the succes sive reference lines that appear on the indicator appear sufliciently continuous for an observer to see them at all. times.

According to another feature of the invention, means are provided for illuminating separately or more intensely one of the scanning lines thus obtained during the frequency sweep in order to know at all times the range that is being scanned.

These objects and features, as well as others, will be explained in detail in the following description with reference to the appended drawings which illustrate a certain number of. embocliments of mechanical frequency scanning and of electronic frequency scanning of the control receiver. In these drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates schematically one example of the arrangement of a control receiver in which frequency scanning or tuning is accomplished by a rotating plate condenser,

Figs. 1A and 1B illustrate two variations of the control receiver of Fig. 1;

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of one example of a control receiver with rotating plate. condenser for frequency scanning. or tuning that is provided with means for effecting the automatic switching of the frequency ranges;

Fig. 3 illustrates schematically one example or a rotating plate condenser with. several tuning ranggs. particularly adapted to the receiver of- Fig.

Fig. 4 illustrates the variation of capacity of. the condenser of Fig 3;.

Figs; 5A and 5B show two examples of rei? erenc'e lines that can be obtained on the screen. of a cathode ray tube indicator in a control: receiver having. several frequency ranges, and particularly but not exclusively in a receiver'or the kind showninrFigl 2;

Fig. 6 is. a schematic view, but greater do tail, of one. example of a control receiver and of an associated indicator in the case when the band that is covered. ,consists of several fre quency ranges;

Fig. 7 illustrates schematically one example of a control receiver that employs an electronic frequency scanning or tuning of the receiver;

Fig. 7A shows a possible modification of the circuit of Fig. '7;

Fig. 8 i1lustrates schematically one example of a control receiver having several frequency ranges that employs a purely electronic scanseveral frequency ranges that uses an electronic scanning; V

Fig. A shows a modification of the indicator circuit of Fig. 10;

Fig. 11 is a schematic view of still another example of an arrangement of a control receiver having several ranges of frequencies; and

Figs. 12 and 13 show various types of luminous traces 'or pulses that can be obtained in the control indicators.

In the control system of transmissions in progress that is shown schematically in Fig. 1, the tuning of the receiver I is modified continuously by a rotating plate condenser 2 which is driven by a motor 3 and in such a way as to scan the total frequency band of the receiver, the switch:

by a source of direct voltage, the distribution of the resistances on the periphery of the distributor being sinusoidal and the rotor of the distributor being directly driven by the motor 3.

' The outputs of the receiver l and of the sin-- usoidal voltage generator 4 are applied to a time base circuit 6 disposed, for example, in any well known manner for producing voltages in quadrature (if they have not been produced by the generator 4) for the circular scanning of the cathode-ray indicator 1, these voltages being modulated by the output of the receiver l. The modulated voltages are applied to the deflection elements I! of the cathode ray tube l, e. g. to

orthogonal pairs of plates or coils of this tube. On the fluorescent screen 8 will appear a circular trace 9 that. corresponds to the scanning of the generator 4 and radial luminous traces, such as It, that correspond to operating transmitting stations that are momentarily tuned in as the receiver l is tuned through the band. By another method, the voltages of the sinusoidal generator A need not be put in quadrature but are applied, after modulation by the output of the receiver I, to a magnetic coil rotating around the neck of the cathode ray tube 1 at the driving speed of the motor 3.

As shown in Fig. 1A, the circular scanning voltage generated by the circuit 6 may be applied without modulation to the deflection elements I l of the cathode ray tube 1. This tube is, however, provided with a pair of concentric eleotrodes I2 between the deflection elements H and the screen 8. The voltages put out by the. receiver I are applied to this pair of electrodes 12 in such a way that these voltages efiect the radial deflections of the beam and consequently cause the traces to appear on the screen 8 indicating the stations which are transmitting.

The scanning of the cathode ray indicator 1 may be linear instead of circular. In this case, it may be desirable to use the arrangement shown in Fig. 1B. The output voltages of the receiver l are applied to the vertical deflection plates l3 of the cathode ray tube 1, while the horizontal scanning voltages are produced by a linear time base circuit, e. g. a sawtooth voltage generator l4 that is synchronized to the speed of the motor 3 by a special element or circuit [5 that is driven by the said motor. The linear base voltages from the generator M are applied to the horizontal pair of deflection plates it of the cathode ray tube. On the screen 8 of this tube there consequently appear the reference line I! and the vertical traces l8 which reveal the stations whose signals are intercepted during the frequency scanning of the receiver 1 by the rotating plate condenser 2. I v V In these systems, the tuning condenser, when rotating, passes twice over the same frequency positions unless provision is made for a special cutting-01f of the condenser segments. A double series of indications would appear on the screen of the acthode ray indicator unless the scanning of the indicator were suppressed in some suitable way during each alternate half turn of the condenser, or else unless the scanning speed of the oscillograph were double the speed of the condenser in order to utilize the complete circumference, and to make ineffective one scanning out of two of the indicator.

The switching of the ranges of frequencies may be effected'by means of a device shown at l9 in Fig. 2, this switching device being driven by a motor 3 through a reduction gearing 20. In

Fig. 2, 2| indicates either the sinusoidal generator 4 of Fig. 1 or the synchronizing device l5 of Fig. 1B. The switching device or wave range commutator may be provided, for example, in the manner shown in Fig. 3, i. e. associated with J the rotating plate condenser.

In Fig. 3, the rotating plate condenser com: prises a rotor 22 and a stator 23 which consists of a certain numberof segments 24, 25, 2%, connected to a contactor 21 that has as many contacts 24', 25', 26' (as there are segments in the stator 23 of the condenser. The frequency range commutator IQ of Fig. 2 is disposed in such a way that contact 24' is closed upon the first rotation of the rotor 22 of the condenser 2, contact 25' is closed upon the second rotation of the rotor 22, etc. The variation of capacity produced in this way is like that shown in Fig. 4, for example. The .firstrotation of the rotor 22 changes the frequency from 28 to 29, the second rotation from 29 to 30, etc. corresponding to the successive closings of the contacts 24', 25'

.of the contactor 21, and the switching in of the segments 24, 25 of the stator.

While effecting the successive closing of the contacts 24', 25', etc., the device 59 modifies at the same time the polarizations of the grid or of the anode of the cathode ray tube indicator, e. g; by modifying the adjustment of a potentiometer inserted in this grid or anode circuit in order to cause a corresponding angular displacement of the reference line on the screen of this indicator. If a circular deflection of the spot of the cathode ray tube is employed, this varia tion of polarization will cause a variation of the radius of the scanning circle, so that on the screen 8 there will appear a series of concentric circles or semicircles such as 31, 32, 33, 34 (Fig. 5A). i

If use is made of a linear scanning of the screen of the cathode ray tube, the device l9, upon each closing of a contact 21, will control a circuit for slanting the reference line that corresponds to a range of frequencies, so that there will appear on the screen 8 a series of horizontal lines 35, 36, 31, etc. (Fig. 5B), the lines being slanting like the scanning lines of a television tube. Besides, use may be made for this purpose of the similar circuits well known in television. During each return of the cathode spot to the beginning of a line, the illumination may be cut olfso as to omit any superfluous indications during' the non-required half turns of the con- 43 around the cathode ray tube 54. The deflection coil is fed, for example, by the output tube 45 of the receiver. This output tube 45 comprises in its grid circuit a resistance .5 that is fed by the detected current of the amplifier 41 whose intermediate frequency input circuit 48 is, for example, connected to the frequency changing tube 49 which comprises an oscillator element 50that may be incorporated in a modulator grid 5|.

The variable condensers 52 and 53 are respectively connected to the tuning circuits of the grids 5| and 50. The first rotation of the circular scanning system, may move the commutator 54, 55, 56 into the first position connectin the tuning circuits at stud 66. When the arm of the contactor 54 is on the tuning circuit at stud $3, the grid of the output tube 45 is connected to the polarization voltage at stud 58. The commutator remains locked in this position during the complete scanning of the frequency range, i. e. during half a. revolution of the coil 43. Dur-- ing this time, the spot describes the trajectory on the screen 16 of the cathode ray tube 4 Upon completion of the first rotation, the'contactors 54 and 55 are moved to the positions 6'! of the tuning circuit and the polarization of the output tube 45 will be changed because the contactor 56 is automatically connected to th contact stud 59. The spot then describes a second trajectory H that is closer to the center of the screen 16 because the plate current of tube 45 is modified as a result of the change in the polarization voltage. Upon each complete rotation of the condenser 42, the contactors 54 and '55 will successively pass to new positions and each range of frequencies that is scanned will accordingly correspond to one of the semicircles 10 to 13 having different radii.

If it is desired to have complete circles as reference lines for the useful half-turn of the variable condenser 42, a reduction gearing must be used to cause the deflecting coil 43 to make a complete rotation around the cathode ray tube while the variable condenser 42 makes half a turn. The circuit that permits extinction of the spot during the non-required half turn of the variable condenser has not been shown in order to simplify the drawing, as this circuit is well known in itself.

In case use is made of an electronic frequency scanning of the control receiver of the transmissions in progress in a certain band, an arrangement like that shown in Fig. 7 may be employed. The receiver 8| has its intermediate frequency oscillator controlled by a sawtooth voltage generating circuit 82 that effects the desired frequency scanning. This circuit 82 also controls the phase of a sinusoidal voltage generator 83 which is modulated by the output of the receiver 8|. In this way, the voltage generated by the modulated generator 83"is applied to the indicating instrument 84 and causes the appearance on this indicators screen 85 of a reference circle 81 that is modulated radially by the luminous traces 86 of the stations then transmitting within the supervised range of frequencies. In still another way, as shown in Fig. 7A, the output of the receiver is applied to a pair of concentric electrodes 88 of the cathode ray tube 84, while only the sinusoidal voltage produced by the generator 83, in synchronism with the sawtooth voltage generator 82, is applied to the circular deflection circuits $9 of the cathode ray tube.

In order to effect the appearance on the screen of the cathode ray oscillograph of several reference lines corresponding to various frequency ranges that are successively scanned by the electronic sweep of the receiver 8!, use may be made of a circuit like the one shown in Fig. 8. The image obtained on the screen 85 consists of a series of reference circles 9B, 9! the total length of each circle corresponding to a scanned range of frequencies. These circles are produced by applying to the pairs of orthogonal plates 92 or other deflection elements of the cathode ray tube the output voltages of a radial deflection circuit 53, these voltages being modulated by the signals from the receiver 8i. These voltages are generated at a high frequency by a circular scanning sinusoidal generator 94' in synchronism with the slow sawtooth voltage which is produced by the frequenc scanning circuit 95 of the receiver and which has superposed on it a synchronous sawtooth voltage, but of the same frequency as that of the scanning sinusoidal generator 94.,

This voltage 98 (Fig. 9) is generated by the circuit 96 and it modulates the slow sawtooth voltage 91 (Fig. 9) in the circuit 99 in such a way as to furnish a stepwise modulation of the kind shown at I00 in Fig. 9. It is this stepwise voltage that is used for the deflecting of the beam of the cathode ray tube 84 after having been modulated by the signals from the receiver 8| in the scanning circuit 93.

If, instead of the circles 90, 9|, etc., it is desired to get only semicircles on screen 85, it will be sufficient to effect a half frequency scanning of the indicator and to extinguish the spot during the non-required semicircles in any known manner.

The method of scanning described above in connection with Fig. 8 for causing the appearance of several concentric circles on the screen 85 may be modified as shown in Figs. SA and 8B. In these figures, in which the corresponding elements are indicated by the same reference numbers as in Fig. 8; use is made of a cathode ray tube '84 provided with a pair of concentric elec- "trodes .l 04 for the -radial deflection that furnishes the-traces -of .-the transmitting stations.-' In the .circuitof Fig; 8A, theasinusoidalgenerator- 94 has its output voltage transformed into=two sinusoi- -.dal-.vol tages inuquadrature in circuit l8! and these t wo voltages are applied-to the deflection elements 102, i.- e; pairsof electrostaticplates or of magnetic coils; of the cathode ray tube 84 inorderto efl'ectthe rapid circularsweeping of screen iie by the cathode spot. Furthermore-the .slow andrapid-sawtooth voltages of generators 95 .andflli, the lattersynchronized with the sinusoidalwvoltage of generator 9d, are applied -to. a modulator circuit 4-03 in such a way as toproicluce. a stepwise output-voltagethat isfurthermore modulatedwby the outputofreceiver 8| as shown. This-stepwise voltage that is modulated by the received signals is-applied to the pair of concentric electrodes 105 in orderto produce at thewsame-time the successivestaggering of. the reference-circles according as the scanning proceeds from one rangewoffrequencies to another, and the radial-modulation that .gives the indications. of the transmitting. stations in course of operation. V V

On the-other. hand, in -.the arrangement shown in"; Fig. 8B; the concentric .electrodes I04 received directlyithe.signalsfrom the receiver 8i, and the .pairs of plates or coils .102 of thecathode ray. tube. arei'ed bythecircular scanning voltagesthat successively. produce thereference circlesofdifferent radii. .These voltages are produced .bythe quadraturing circuit I which receives the sinusoidal voltage from .the generator 94.in.ordeit to--modulate itby the slow sawtooth voltagegenerated by'circuit 95 once it has been modulated in circuit 99 by the rapid sawtooth voltage, synchronized by the sinusoidal generator 94, thatis generated by circuit 96. In this way, thedefiection elements I02 receive sinsoidal voltages in quadrature'tl'iatiare modulated by a stepwise voltage. ,7

If it is'de'sired to employ a linear'scanning, instead of the sweeping scanning of the preceding figures, and to cause the appearance on the cathode"ray tubes indicating screen of a reference raster consisting of a 'cert'ain'number of slanting lines similar to the group of lines in'Fig. fiBi usemaybe-m'ade of the arrangement of Fig. IOorthal,of Fig. 10A.

"IIY Fig. 10, thereceiver' HI feeds'adefiection circuit, e. g. a magnetic coil 6 ltfo f-thecathode ray tube whose screcn is shown at HZQ The sawtooth voltage th'at 'serves to 'e'flect the frequency scanningofreceiver I l l is supplied by the "circuit lidand is also utilized fOr the vertical scanning ofthe-{cathode ray tube,-being applied to the yertical deilection elements H6 of 'the :tube. T This sawtooth voltage 'is' relatively "slow withzrespect to. a second sawtooth voltage thatis generated by circuit l lii'andwissynchronized withxscircuit -l ltco'ntrolling the" horizontal scanning of screen i l2i-throughthorizontal deflection elements 1% ll-of the indicator. *The frequency of this second sawtooth voltage is n times greater than.that ofz the first one and consequently the circuit I I 5:. is: still; appliedato the horizontal Idefiection elements H1 of the cathode ray tube, but one of thezvertical deflection elements I I6 is connected tocircuit l-:l4--that*generates the slow sawtooth voltage, while the other vertical 'defiectionielement H6 is connected to the output of receiverlll.

If thehdesiredifrequency band is relatively wide, thenuse-is made of a double frequency change. The receivers"frequency-change oscillator-ls no longer modulated at the scanning frequ'ency'of the'saine', but-at a; much -higherfrequency so that the di-fference'fina'llyobtained and characterizing the-rangethat is'covered will be much greater. Electronic'scanning "methods of this kind are "well known per se.

In the embodiment shown schematically-in Fig. 11, "the control receiverdZfis likewise scanned 'by'means -of' a sawtooth voltage produced'byxcircuit 121 by modulating "the "frequencyof an os'cillatory circuitof this" receiver. However, during the frequency scanning'of 'this receiver, a certain 'num'ber'of-rangesare' successiv'ely explored with different values of selfinductances and capacities; e; g; by'automatic switching of the'rece'iverto all the-ranges,=either mechanically by means of rotating "contacts orrelays at- I29, or electronicallyintsynchronism with the scanning of circuit I 21.

r On'the "screen l 22 "of thefcathode ray indieating tube controlled "by: the scanning circuit l2l-and another high speed scanning circuit I'28 of a frequency which is ahaimonic of the scanning fr'equency of receiver l2l,"ea'ch' main line 52342 6' describedcby the spot corresponds 'to' a scanned range of frequencies. The total-scanning may be completed in aitime 'sufliciently'short for the indications to -persist in the retina of the observers eye, and all the reference :lines' 23 to "I26 will appear at". the same time in 'one general image.

Thevertical scanning circuit'lwis likewise synchronized with the 'range'swit'chi'ng' device i249, so that" the first line [23 on-"screen"l-22 will always correspond-to 'the first range that-is covered, etc. Eachhorizontalline' consequently corresponds to one frequency range.

According to one'feature of the invention, the horizontal line" that corresponds to the scanned range may be illuminated 'more strongly than the others. 'F'orthis' purpose, the automatic rangeswitching-device I29 controls the operation of a range selector E30 which acts on'the control grid :or other suitable electrode of'the cathode ray tube l 22by means of the grid modulatorcircuit-l3t in-ordertd'reinforce the illumination of the line that is being: scanned, e. g. of line I 25 in'Fig. 11.

In the described devices, the luminous traces that indicate the stations in course'ofremis'sion may be like -the=ones shown at f ll and i l5'on the reference lines M6 in Fig. 12, these'traces appearing under a graduated scale ifiz. The scanning-bases-may be arranged to produce relatively long traces. IIowever, if each scanning line is assignedto'a'widefrequency range in which a large number of transmitting stations are likely to be in operation, or in' the' case of shorter scanning lines, then sharper-traces like trace H3 Ont-race 1% on the reference line Hi l of Fig. 13 maybe produced. Traces ofthis kind are easilyobtained in receivershaving rotating plate condenser scanning, for example. If it is desired toeffect a very wide scanning; a high capacitance condenser maybe used and the range spread by employing known combinations of capacities in series and in parallel in the tuning circuits. The bilateral shapes M or I46 may be obtained by using the change of phase of the intermediate frequency voltage as it passes through the resonance of the circuit. For the shape I46, use may also be made of selective circuits that will transform trace M5, or else of the rapid passage of point M1 to point H38 of trace I45. It is also possible to use two secondaries tuned to two frequencies slightly higher and lower than the resonance frequency in order to produce a trace of very slight width by means of a low frequency resonance or suitably coupled circuit.

It is evident that the invention is not limited to the arrangements shown and described but, on the contrary, is capable of numerous modifications and adaptations without departing from its scope.

I claim:

1. A system for analyzing a predetermined band in the radio frequency spectrum comprising a radio receiver, means repeatedly to tune said receiver through said frequency band, a cathode ray tube, means under control of said first mentioned means to cause the electron beam of said cathode ray tube to trace a plurality of separate predetermined aths which are superposed, each path corresponding to a portion of the frequency spectrum, and means under control of the output of said receiver to cause said electron beam to deviate in a predetermined manner from a particular path when said receiver receives a signal being transmitted within said frequency band, means for controlling the electron beam on the cathode ray tube to describe circular paths and means for spacing said paths at different distances from the center of the tube.

2. A system for analyzing a plurality of different radio frequency bands comprising timing means for sequentially selecting each of said bands, means for continuously scanning each of said selected bands in synchronism with said timing means to derive waves contained in said band, a cathode ray indicator comprising rotatable deflection elements, means for rotatably synchronizing said elements with said timing means for producing a circular trace on the screen of said indicator, means for applying said derived waves to said elements to produce separated indications on said trace, means synchronized with said timing means for producing respective concentric circular traces for each of said selected bands radially separated from one another.

3. An arrangement according to claim 2, wherein said timing means comprises a motor for sequentially coupling separate fixed tuning elements to a common variable tuning element and for continuously varying said common tuning element for scanning each of said selected bands, a source of difierent bias voltages said motor coupling different biassing voltages corresponding to a selected band to said deflection elements for separating said traces.

RENE HARDY.

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